On the Optimal Burden of Proof

I am grateful to Steven Shavell, Christopher Snyder, Kathryn Spier, the referees, and presentation participants at the 2011 AEA meetings, Harvard, NYU, and the NBER for comments, to the John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business at Harvard University for financial support, and to Michael Atamas, Sarah Beckerman, and Noam Lerer for research assistance. The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.